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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicCongo

Topic: Congo

The world has a decade to save the biggest tropical carbon sink

The Congo Basin, a region of tropical forest larger than India, absorbs 600 million tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide a year.

Resource-rich Congo is the first battle in New Cold War. India can’t miss out on cobalt

For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs secure and fair access to Congo's minerals.

On Camera

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.